Section 9.09. Employees

1. The commission shall have the power to take any
  action necessary for securing and maintaining the benefits of the public
  retirement systems of this state for its employees in this state and for
  such purpose employees of the commission to  the  extent  to  which  the
  compensation  paid for their services is derived from funds appropriated
  by this state shall be deemed to be employees of this state and eligible
  for membership in the appropriate retirement system whether residents of
  this state or of the state  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  extent  otherwise
  qualified.
    2.  For  the  purposes  of  eligibility for participation in the state
  health insurance plan under article eleven of the civil service law  and
  for  survivor's  benefits  for  active  and  retired  state employees as
  provided by sections one hundred fifty-four and one  hundred  fifty-five
  of  the civil service law, employees of the commission, to the extent to
  which the compensation paid for their services  is  derived  from  funds
  appropriated  by  this  state,  shall  be deemed to be employees of this
  state and qualified for such participation and benefits. For the purpose
  of determining their rights under the workmen's compensation law of this
  state, employees of the commission employed wholly  or  partly  in  this
  state  shall  be deemed to be employees of this state provided, however,
  that the amount of any payment made under such compensation  law  to  an
  employee  of  the commission employed only partly in this state shall be
  only in such proportion as the amount of his salary paid by the state of
  New York shall bear to his total salary.
    3. Employees of the commission whose salary is paid in full from funds
  appropriated by the state shall be deemed to be employees of  the  state
  in the classified civil service of the state under the provisions of the
  civil service law. Commission employees not deemed to be state employees
  hereunder shall be employees of the commission.